Doesn't it just have monochromatic light detectors than have some unknown form factor. The Fuji SuperCCD SR chip, for example, has two different types of light sensors - larger and smaller. With any CCD at least three images must be taken so that color values can be recorded. Some camcorders use three CCDs while others use some sort of filtering / pixel shifting etc.

Now when there are lots of light detectors then the data they give can be processed in such a way that the image looks good on the _output_device_of_choise_ (a TV set in the case of DV tape).

A TV screen and a computer display generate the picture in slightly different ways (various forms and arrangements of those light emitting phosphor dots than make pixels). So there must be some kind of adaptation taking place somewhere...